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[be_themoon]

Apparently, when I have no school to do but yet need something to do - I do sort-of school anyways. In this case, research for a paper that might never get written, about the prevalence of children's stories in which at the end most/all of the protagonists either choose to leave or are forcibly kicked out of the fantasy land they have found. exhibit a, naturally, being Narnia. I even have a timeline now! For series, the date is the year of the first book's publishing.

1865 - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. English, forcible eviction.
1900 - Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. American, chooses to return home.
1904 - Peter Pan (the play) by J. M. Barrie. English, chooses to return home. (The book adaptation was published 1911.)
1950 - Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. English, forcible eviction.
1965 - The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper. English, forcible eviction.

Anyone know of other children's literature, at any point in time, in which the children find a different world and have to leave it at the end?

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[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Also, Bridge to Terabythia.

Brian Caswell's Merryl of the Stones. (seriously, read that one, it's AWESOME. And Australian, yay!)

Hmm... I read the other day about a victorian era book called someone-or-other's adventures in doll-land, in which a little girl gets taken into the land of the dolls and put on trial for whipping her doll. I'll see if I can find the full title for you later.

Oooh, Neil Gaiman's Coraline - Coraline *escapes* from the other world.

There are some where kids get taken into video games... Pratchett's Only You Can Save Mankind, and, uh a series by Gillian Rubenstein that I loved as a kid and can't remember now.

[be-themoon.livejournal.com]

does Bridge to Terabithia count? I considered it, but at the end Jessie still has Terabithia, if not Leslie, and he is in fact bringing another person into it. *considers*

I shall see if I can find it! and O.o put on trial for whipping her doll? interesting!

Coraline! why did I not think of this one? and yes, it would be the perfect 'other' example. 'well she WANTED to leave!'

I have never read this one of Pratchett's - my library does not have it. D: sometime I shall get my hands on it, though!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

It counts! Well, it counts as one where the children don't get evicted. And it's interesting because the relationship between fantasy and reality is more clearly spelt out in Terabythia.

[lassiterfics.livejournal.com]

"Only You Can Save Mankind" is part of the Johnny Maxwell trilogy!! Which I loooove. That is the first book, and in the other books they time-travel and hang out with ghosts at graveyards. The time-travel story might be especially interesting for your purposes, that one is called "Johnny and the Bomb".

OH. "Neverwhere" might be applicable, except the protagonist is an adult, not a kid. But it totally sometimes deals with two worlds and returns. I dunno, a lot of stories can be twisted to fit this as such. Harry Potter? A couple of the Sandman arcs? Jumanji? omg I love Jumanji. omg is seized with the desire for Jumanji fic. eek!